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Show "News Bits About Yesler-Years" 5 Years Ago 'Final returns on the March of Dimes campaign indicate that a total of $1,265.91 had been collected," said Howard M Ivory Iv-ory county campaign director. Funds raised in each com-' com-' munity are listed below: Altonah, Al-tonah, $36.60; Arcadia. $45.80 Bluebell, $75.75; Boneta. $23.75, Bridgeland, $26.40; Duchesne, $270 85; Fruitland, $33.38; Han-na Han-na $40.24; Ioka. $14.40; Mt. Home. $36.80; Myton, $146.47; Montwel, $47.03; Neola. $54.30; Roosevelt, $291.78; Strawberry, $6.05; Talmage, $38.19: Tabiona, $48.83; Upalco, $9.31; Utahn, $19.98. Mrs. Ned Bellon, with her new baby son, returned home Monday from the Roosevelt hospital. hos-pital. Mr. and Mrs. Pat Markey returned re-turned to Roosevelt Saturday after af-ter spending the winter in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas. They made the return trip by way of the San Joaquin Valley in California. On Monday,, Feb. 17. Miss Virginia Lee Coltharp, daughter daugh-ter of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Coltharp, of Hayden, Utah, was given in marriage by her father to George E. Houston, son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Houston, of Bennett. Vows were exchanged ex-changed at a nuptial mass in St.- Helen's Church at Roose-; Roose-; velt. ' " , 10 Years Ago ' Duchesne County will be rep-" rep-" resented at the twenty-third an-' an-' nual 4-H Club Leaders Training School, Utah State Agricultural College, February 23 to 28, by the following leaders: Reed Lemon, Lem-on, Ioka; Mrs. Marie Benson, Ioka; Mrs. Myrle Goodrich, Duchesne; Du-chesne; and Miss Lola Jerkins, Mt. Emmons. The appointment of Grant Foote, former bishop of the Altonah Ward, to the Moon Lake L.D.S. Stake Presidency was announced Sunday by E. L. Murphy, stake president. The spring music festival to be held in Roosevelt May 1 and 2 will be the biggest musical event ever staged in the Uintah Basin, it was announced Monday evening, following a meeting of Duchesne and Uintah County school superintendents, high school principals and music teachers. Marvin Richens received a broken shoulder and three other oth-er passengers. Julius Zirker, Ed Zirker and . LeNore Richens, were shaken . up when the car in which they were riding' skidded skid-ded and overturned. The acci dent .occurred Saturday evening on U. S. Highway 40 west of Duchesne. They were enroute. to Arcadia to spend the weekend week-end with their families. Freeman Alexander, who has been with the Roosevelt Safeway Safe-way store since its establishment here, was transferred last week to the Safeway store in Heber City. 20 Years Ago Senator Ray E. Dillman, president pres-ident of the Utah Senate, sQoke on "Salient Features of the Legislative Leg-islative Program" at the -weekly luncheon meeting of the Ki-wanis Ki-wanis Club in the Hotel Utah Thursday afternoon. Coach Carl Davis' Uintah High School five easily downed Duchesne High 48 to 5 here Wednesday evening. The losers furnished little opposition for the visitors, and when Coach Davis inserted his second string it continued to pile up points. President Hoover today signed the King Bill authorizing the payment- of $1,217,221 to the Uintah Indians for 973,777 acres of their lands thrown into a forest reserve by President Roosevelt Roos-evelt twenty-five years ago, and directing the Interior Department Depart-ment to appraise an additional 36,223 acres. Miss MaRee Edwards entertained enter-tained at a dinner Friday evening eve-ning before the Junior Promenade Promen-ade She was assisted by her mother and Miss Josephine Woodside. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Allen and Mrs. Frank Orser, who went to Salt Lake City, returned Thursday. During their visit they went to Logan. Rexburg and Idaho Falls, Idaho, where they visited relatives. |